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. >>> just ahead tonight spreading holiday cheer to people in newtown, connecticut, a family from nebraska travels hundreds of miles to deliver love and support to a grieving community. >> later a survivor speaks out nearly two weeks after being shot in another mass shooting just days before the tragedy in newtown. the news at 10:00 will be right back. >>> grief has poured in from all over the world for the families in newtown, connecticut, and a family in nebraska decided to show just how much sympathy they wanted to offer. >> they gathered toys, got in a truck and drove across the country. >> reporter: nebraska to newtown, connecticut, a little over 1,300 miles, but since last friday you might say nebraskans are friends. >> it's just important to know that newtown knows they're not suffering in isolation. the whole country hurts. we all mourn tomorrow. >> reporter: so cornhusker -- mourn tomorrow. >> reporter: so these cornhuskers decided to take -- mourn together. >> reporter: so these cornhuskers decided to take a road trip of all road trips and filled a trai
. >>> just ahead tonight spreading holiday cheer to people in newtown, connecticut, a family from nebraska travels hundreds of miles to deliver love and support to a grieving community. >> later a survivor speaks out nearly two weeks after being shot in another mass shooting just days before the tragedy in newtown. the news at 10:00 will be right back. >>> grief has poured in from all over the world for the families in newtown, connecticut, and...
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all the children of newtown were invited to choose from thousands of toys. the united way of western connecticut says the official fund reached $2.6 million this morning. >>> also this morning-- >> the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. >> both support and outrage continue to swirl across the country, two days after the nra released its statement on the school shooting and gun control debate. regardless of which side of the debate you're on, the end goal is to end gun violence. now, this weekend in columbia heights, a crowd gathered for a vigil aimed at doing just that. fox 5's lauren dimarco was there and has this report. >> reporter: the vigil in columbia heights and march to a nearby church were held in honor of the 20 children and six school staff members killed in newtown, connecticut last week. local school teacher trish collard and her husband tim were among those who gathered to call more attention to gun violence. >> sometimes tragic things can lead to some momentus things. >> reporter: president obama appointed vic
all the children of newtown were invited to choose from thousands of toys. the united way of western connecticut says the official fund reached $2.6 million this morning. >>> also this morning-- >> the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. >> both support and outrage continue to swirl across the country, two days after the nra released its statement on the school shooting and gun control debate. regardless of which side of the debate you're...
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gun demaybe the front front and center ever since -- debate has been front and center ever since the newtown, connecticut school shooting two weeks ago. while some call for stricter laws others are arming up to line themselves concerned their guns could be taken -- to arm themselves concerned their guns could be taken a way. >> reporter: you think some people like their guns? look at this. the line to get into this weekend's gun show hundreds and hundreds waiting two hours before the doors opened at 3:00 this afternoon. >> with all the political issues and all that i think there is more people that weren't interested in guns before and they are now. >> reporter: with talk of new gun control legislation in response to the shootings at sandy hook elementary school a crackdown that gun enthusiasts say wouldn't work. >> no lawful gun owner would even think about doing something like that. >> reporter: inside the dulles expo center there are guns, ammunition and more guns, even machine guns for sale. >> there's a very active shooting markup on machine guns where people will get together and actua
gun demaybe the front front and center ever since -- debate has been front and center ever since the newtown, connecticut school shooting two weeks ago. while some call for stricter laws others are arming up to line themselves concerned their guns could be taken -- to arm themselves concerned their guns could be taken a way. >> reporter: you think some people like their guns? look at this. the line to get into this weekend's gun show hundreds and hundreds waiting two hours before the...
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the first legal action is underway in connection to the school shooting in newtown, connecticut. a lawyer has asked to sue the state of connecticut for $100 million on behalf of a 6-year- old survivor. the lawyer claims the state failed to protect the child from foreseeable harm. states are generally immune from such lawsuits so the suit cannot go forward unless the state agrees to allow it. >>> scary moments in phoenix arizona this weekend. a woman was kidnapped and forced to rob her bank. coworkers arrived to work saturday morning and found the woman with some kind of device around her neck. fortunately bomb squad crews were able to remove the device. it turned out not to be explosive. the suspect is still on the loose, still unclear whether any money was actually stolen. >>> protesters are gathering once again in the indian capitol of new delhi following the death of a woman who was gang raped and beaten on a bus in the city. she suffered severe organ damage in the attack two weeks ago. six men charged with murder. they face the death penalty if convicted. >>> investigators in
the first legal action is underway in connection to the school shooting in newtown, connecticut. a lawyer has asked to sue the state of connecticut for $100 million on behalf of a 6-year- old survivor. the lawyer claims the state failed to protect the child from foreseeable harm. states are generally immune from such lawsuits so the suit cannot go forward unless the state agrees to allow it. >>> scary moments in phoenix arizona this weekend. a woman was kidnapped and forced to rob her...
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. >>> in the wake of the tragic shooting in newtown, connecticut, hundreds of teachers are taking part in a gun training course in utah. >> it's being offered for free. 200 educators filled the room for the course. similar efforts like this are popping up all across the nation. in arizona, the state's attorney general has proposed to allow a teacher in each school to carry a concealed gun. the move brings about mixed reactions. >> if you have somebody come in that's mentally ill with a weapon, and they're killing people, an administrator or a teacher can figure that out. >> i don't think teachers should be carrying guns. i don't think violence is the answer. the biggest thing i don't think is, i don't think it will solve the problem. >> if arizona passes the law, it would join only a few other states, including utah and new hampshire that allow concealed weapons in public schools. >>> still ahead in our next half hour, lipstick and liquor. we'll sit down with the team behind a new documentary looking at the problem of alcoholism among suburban women. >> video of a twister tearing throu
. >>> in the wake of the tragic shooting in newtown, connecticut, hundreds of teachers are taking part in a gun training course in utah. >> it's being offered for free. 200 educators filled the room for the course. similar efforts like this are popping up all across the nation. in arizona, the state's attorney general has proposed to allow a teacher in each school to carry a concealed gun. the move brings about mixed reactions. >> if you have somebody come in that's...